Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-04-01
M e DICA l. I'm III L A L L d n
Combined with Constitutional Remedies.

nUR TREATMENT OF THE DISEASES
~ of the respiratory passages consists IN
the employment of Medical inhalation Tor
its direct effects on the diseased organs;
gienic measures and administering such
medicines by the stomach as will most cI-
fectually purify the blood, give tons 70
the nervous system, ana pa!lo up ana
strengthen the general constitution., In
Other words, we employ combin: d local
What is Medicaal Inhalati ~? Before
stating briefly. what Medic | limitation
is we prSpos;e IN hss as tew as
Medical Inhalation Is not cure-all,
nostrum, or panacea. 1t is not a spectre
remedy for any dis3 sc. 1t is not quack
medicine, or adve tied to cure any O. Or az ~
fill the pockets its proprietors, 1t is not
a talisman, wlnte possession insures health
to its posse or without the Intervention OF
sense or ogment. MEDICAL lnEaiatlon Is
Medical Iuhalation is simply and solely a
method of taking medicines by inhaling or
breathing them into the lungs instead OF
swallowing them into the stomach. BY In,
directly to the seat of the disease, in the
nose, throat or lungs; and 1t is clear to
every reasoning person how peculiarly ap.
plicable Inha alton is in the disorders OF
the organs named. II you have scalded csdeeaSG OF
any limb or member. you do not swallow
the remedy intended to heal the dlsor-
ganized tissue. On the contrary, yon apply
It directly to the seat OF the wound or IN
jury Why. then. when suffering from ca
tarih of the nasal passages or throat, or at
flicted wi h ulceratio, OF the lungs, should
you rely en- medicines taken Into the
stomach?
proper healing remedies to the seat OF the
disease, but 1t applies the remedy IN the
gaseous or vaporOus form, in which form,
as Is well known, medicines act most power
fully How much greater, r, dx ior example, hen Is
inhaled or breathed, than many times the
quantity when swallowed into the stomach:
The same is true of chlorine, OF iodine. and
of many other substances by innaiataoh s.a'h
and thence sent wandering through the
system in search of malady which may be
mainly or entirely a local one; but by this
method the proper rsmeoy ayn is aPP,ea Wn attnr u
studyig the anotomy of the lungs can
doubt that Inflammation and liberation OF
the air-tubes and sir-cells. the direct appl1'
cation of the healing medicine by 1nhala,
ton to the diseased p .rts Is the correct ana
rational method of treatment? Who. on
the other hand, can be SO irrational as TO
believe that the proper and direct way to
reach the diseased surfaces OF the ar
passages in this case. is by the way OF the
stomach? Physiology teaches us that the
membrane, or skin, lining the a1r-passages
of the nose, throat and lungs, Is only
slightly modified form of the same structure
as that which covers the external surface
of the body. Why, then, should local treat
ment be proper aud necessary Tor imam
nations, congestiOns and ulceratlons OF the
one and not be equally SO in the case OF the
other? .,
diseases Of the nose, throat and lungs. de-
monstrates, beyond all question, tnat the
true scientific treatment OF these diseases ls
| that treatment which combines the local
effects of medical inhalation with the con
stitutional effects of systematic remedies,
given in the usual way by the stomach
One or both methods must be ADOPTED as
| the circumstances demand, and such reme-
dies must be employed as tae experience
and Judgment of the physician have proved
| to be proper in each particular case.
Medicai Adyocates of In halatiOn.
Physicians who were educated twenty
YEA RS ago or more, and who have not kept
| IN with the times in the advance IN medl-
| cal science have very little idea OF the great
| importance all leading writer's now give 70
Medical Inhalation in the treatment OF pul-
mouary diseases To such an extent ~ tnls
| true that no patient should intrust his case
| to auy physician who is not well prepared
and thoroughly equipped with everything
necessary for the administering OF the
proper remedies by the methoo OF innala-
| ton. .,,
lation in cases seemingly past all help, ana
the uniform success attending lts use III
diseases of the respiratory organs, ienue,a ~
at once apply himself to gain practlcal
knowledge of the Inhalation, or, II that is
not possible, he is at least bound TO decIne
to treat such cases. -.
the age VIII are fully awakened TO the value
of Medical Inhalation in these diseases are
The celebrated DR.. Burden saunierson
DR.. La Roche OF the Paris Academy OF
Medicine; Dr. Frederick Langhaus, OF Ber.
lin; Drs. Klebs and T0mmasi-Crudeli; 81
Archibald Dickson, of Edinburgh, Scotland
DR.. Eichler, DR.. Cameron, DR.. Gurdon BUCK
Prot; Albert Lthert the ceiep,1m1eo S,a Ne Rob oh
ert Dickinson. Prof. Thierfelder. spencer
Wells, DR.. Hilton Flagge, Dr.. G. +; Wo3d
Drs. Frilsch and Hitsig, Dr. Fotherglll, Dr
Rlchard Ihomps1n FT;,ar Rr; sneereaIx ua,peSsr
Krauss. Huguenie, Heller. Orth, Corrlgan
Fenwick, and many others.
With scarcely a single exception ever!
med cal authO ity OF emtnence recognize
the wonder ful potency of this new metnoo
and the coming generation OF physician
are certain TO be thoroughly educatee
therein. present it is only few phys physl
clans here aud there who have maue DIS
eases OF Respira, on life study III t ar!
fitted in any way TO employ the wonderful
resources of Medical Inhalation In the cur
OF these diseases.
The Durability of COnsu mPttOn
For five years the celebrated DR.. !. II
Bennett waa pathologist to the yal ln
frmary OF Ediuburgh, and In his grea
work on Consumption" he makes the fol
lowing statement:
"During this period l made upwards
2OOo post. examinations OF person
. diving from various diseases, and / wa
cops'antiy meeting with cases In which
found cavities in the lungs from consumI
tion, which had evidently healed up Q
: cicatrized years before the death of tn
subject. Nature did not seem to have bee
successful in restoring the wasted lunf
substance, but the Cavities were dried NJ
, the progress of the disease arrested, an
the subject lived for years, with diminishe
! lung power 1t is true, but otherwise In goo
health"